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eikenberryyesterday at 8:26 PM2 repliesview on HN

+1... Given how much SSH is used for computer-to-computer communication it seems like there really should be a way to disable this when it isn't necessary.


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mkjyesterday at 9:20 PM

It looks like it is only applied for PTY sessions, which most computer-computer connections wouldn't be using.

https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/d7950aca8ea...

jacquesmyesterday at 9:08 PM

In practice I've never felt this was an issue. But I can see how with extremely low bandwidth devices it might be, for instance LoRa over a 40 km link into some embedded device.

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